Legal Opinion
Thomas v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 18, 1972No. Civ. No. 13201PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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JANES, J.
Petitioner, charged by information with violation of Health and Safety Code section 11530 (possession of marijuana), seeks a writ of mandate to compel respondent court to suppress as evidence a marijuana cigarette which is the basis of that prosecution. (Pen. Code, § 1538.5, subd. (i).)
Respondent court denied petitioner’s pretrial motion to suppress after the motion was submitted on the reporter’s transcript of the preliminary examination and on evidence received at the hearing of the motion. Viewed in the light most favorable to the People (People v. Harrington (1970) 2…
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3Cited by3 opinions
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